Section 10: Registration

(1) Subject to section 27 of this Act and to rules made under section 8 (2) hereof, a person shall be entitled to be registered under this Act and being so registered, to receive a registration certificate if-
(a)
he has attended a course of training approved by the Board under section 12 of this Act;
(b) the course was conducted at an institution so approved, or partly at one such institution and partly at another;
(c)
he holds one or more qualifications prescribed in the Third Schedule to this Act for the purpose of registration on the register and has complied with the other requirements prescribed under section 8 (2) of this Act;
[Third Schedule.]
(d) he has undergone an internship for one year;
(e) he is of good character; and
(f) he thereafter pays any prescribed fees.
(2) Subject as aforesaid, a person shall also be entitled to be registered under this Act and being so registered, to receive a certificate of registration if he satisfies the Board-
(a) that he holds a qualification granted outside Nigeria for the time being accepted by the Board for the purposes of this subsection as respects the profession;
(b) that in the country in which the qualification was granted he was under no legal disability in the practice of the profession;
(c) that he is of good character; and
(d)
he thereafter pays any prescribed fees.
(3)
Subject to subsections (1) and (2) of the this section. a registered person shall be required to pay an annual prescribed retention fee to retain his registration with the Board and any failure to pay the retention fee shall result in temporary withdrawal of the certificate to practice.
(4)
The Board shall, from time to time publish in the Federal Gazette particulars of the qualification for the time being accepted as aforesaid.
(5)
The qualifications specified in the Third Schedule to this Act are those accepted for the time being by the Board as the minimum qualification for the purpose of registration on the register established under section 8 of this Act.
[Third Schedule.]
(6)
Subject as aforesaid, a person shall be entitled to be temporarily registered under this Act in the cases specified in section 11 of this Act.